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Single Mum

by Lonely Sheep

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SINGLE MUM

They're building a new home on the block that we once owned
The house that we lived in had seen better days
Our neighbours would shun us, they didn't want to know us
Guess our fighting and cussin' didn't wash with their ways

We weren't such a good match, neither one was a good catch
Any prospect of a good life had long passed us by
I don't know when this started, but soon after we parted
You said "It's better for both", just don't ask me why

Why must it always be that it takes me so long to see
The error of my ways, am I really that dumb?
The family that I had didn't need a useless dad
They get along just fine with a single mum

I said that I didn't care just glad you were out of my hair
I gave up my old life free to wander and roam
Pretending contentment while seething with resentment
This truth is much sadder than any love that I've known

I'm standing on bare feet looking in at the old street
But nothing's familiar to me any more
I guess you've told the kids that their dad's on the skids
I guess that by now even they know the score

Why must it always be that it takes me so long to see
The error of my ways, am I really that dumb?
The family that I had didn't need a useless dad
They get along just fine with a single mum

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released July 2, 2017
Recorded in July 2016 at Damien Gerard Studios, Sydney.

Graeme Beavis, Guitars, vocal
Andrew Axton, Drums
Graham Griffith, Pedal Steel
Clare O'Meara, Violin

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Lonely Sheep Long Beach, Australia

Graeme Beavis was born in Brisbane where he was a member of several bands including AK-47s, Fun Things and Swedish Rhythm Kings. Moving to Sydney in the early 1980s led to stints in some other bands and expanding musical horizons. For over 20 years, he has been writing and performing country songs under the name Lonely Sheep. ... more

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